Commissioner’s killers killed in gun battle – Orji

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State said those who killed the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Kenneth Nwosu, had also been killed by security operatives in a gun battle near Ikwuano area of the state.

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State said those who killed the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Kenneth Nwosu, had also been killed by security operatives in a gun battle near Ikwuano area of the state.

Orji made this known at the funeral service for the late Nwosu, held at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Amizi-Olokoro on Friday.

He said: “Nwosu was shot by kidnappers.

“He was shot twice for resisting an attempt to kidnap him.

“They shot him in the thigh and later in his abdomen when he resisted attempts by the kidnappers to bundle him into their car.”

Orji said a medical team, led by Prof. Austin Mbanaso, the Chief Medical Director of State Specialist and Diagnostic Centre, Umuahia, made frantic efforts to save his life to no avail.